Improvement in boxes for transporting butter



W.D. GUILBERT, .DfEOUCHENOUL & F. E. MOOR.

Boxes for Transporting Butter.

Patented Sept. 29,1874.

No.155,373.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WALTER D. GUILBERT, DAVID GOUOHENOUR, AND FRED E. MOOR, OF SOUTH OLIVE,OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOXES FOR TRANSPORTING BUTTER.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,373, datedSeptember 29, 1874; Fapplication filed July 22, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WALTER D. GUIL- BERT,DAVID GOUGHENOUR, and FRED E. MOOR, of South Olive, in the county ofNoble and State ot Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boxes for Shipping Butter; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others Skilled in the art to which it pertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of our invention is to furnish a substantial packing-box foruse in shipping butter, where it is desired to have the latter preservedby ice. It consists in the combination, with the outer casing, of aseries of blocks, of peculiar construction, and crossbars, whereby thecans or butter-rkins are held securely in place, and separated from eachother and the outer casing, thereby securing ample space, entirelysurrounding the same, for the reception of ice or non-conductingmaterial.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view with lid thrown open, and Fig.2 is a diag0- nal sectional elevation with lid closed.

ETA is an ordinary packing-box, made strong and substantial to resistrough handling. B and O are a series of under blocks, secured to thebottoni of the casing. They are made of such thickness that when therkins are placed thereon sufcient space will intervene between them andthe bottom of the box for the reception of ice. The blocks O areonefourth the size of the central block B, and are constructed so as tot in the corners of the box. These blocks have their sides recessed bythe circular scallops a and b. The block B has four recesses, which areso arranged as to be directly opposite the corners ot' the box, andopposite to the recesses in the blocks O. The recesses are formed sothat when the blocks are properly placed the recess b on thecorner-block, and its corresponding recess a on the center block, willdescribe arcs of the same circle, or portions of the contour of a ligurecorresponding to the contour of the bottom of the irkin or buttercanused. On the upper side of the blocks,

and on the edge of the recess, we cut the halfmortise a b', in which weset the rkin. These hold the rkins securely, and prevent them fromslipping about. AD and E are a series ot' cross-bars, secured to the lidF. The number of bars used is regulated by the number`of rows offlrkins, lengthwise and crosswise of the box, there being a bar for eachrow each way. They are so arranged that two bars will cross above eachiirkin. They are of such thickness as to extend to, and press lightlyon, the top of the tirkins.

The rkins or cans used do not reach to the top ot' the box, but only tothat height that \will leave a space between their tops and the lid ot'the box equal to about the thickness of the block B.

We do not confine ourselves, in the construction of our box, to thenumber of four cans, as shown in the drawing.

It will be readily seen that a box can be constructed, according to ourinvention, for any number of cans.

Where the box is large, and designed for more than four cans, blocks-half the size of the block B, having two recesses, are secured to theside of the box at proper distances, and as many central blocks are usedas may be required. A

It will be readily seen that butter can packed according to ourinvention will be held securely in place in whatever position the boxmay be placed, and that around the cans, on all sides, ample space issecured for packing ice for the preservation of the butter.l

Having described our invention, What we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

In a packing-box, the combination, with the casing A, of the blocks B O,having the recesses a b and half-mortises a b', and crossbars D E,substantially as and for the purposes specied.

, In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we hereto affixour signatures iu presence of two witnesses.

WALTER D. GUILBERT. DAVID GOUOHENOUR. FRED E. MOOR. Witnesses:

LEMON L. WooDs, JAMEs W. GoUcI-IENOUE.

